86, Įditor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Andrew Long's name.Netflix has a long list of original movies from different genres, and joining the thriller section is Intrusion – and here’s who plays who in this story. Tickets are $33 to $86, $18 for youth under 18. Performances are Tuesday through Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. HEARTBREAK HOUSE is at Hartford Stage through June 11. As the sage Shotover howls near the play's frantic ending: "Navigation. He steers this luxury liner of a script through roiling waters, willfully throwing obstacles in the way to make the trip more exciting. Tresnjak seems to be testing "Heartbreak House" as a testament to our own troubled times. The ship-in-a-storm metaphor is apt for both the script and for this productions. In his script, Shaw specifies that Captain Shotover's house must "resemble the after part of an old-fashioned high-pooped ship with a stern gallery," and McGurk complies gloriously. There's plenty to chew on here, including the extraordinary set design by Colin McGurk. Shaw satirizes big business, but also the military, family values, love, war and the British class system. The Trump intrusion can unsettle some scenes, but it can't entirely dislodge a well-constructed play about emotional and societal uncertainty in changing times. (All the tempers are short, but the volumes vary.) One of the daughters, haughty Lady Utterword (played Members of a dysfunctional family reunite, demonstrating how greatly they have grown apart in status, social attitudes and temperament. But while that play lent itself to furious farce, "Heartbreak House" has more varied textures. The other show Tresnjak directed at Hartford Stage this season, Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," wasn't exactly subtle either. It's a credit to Shaw's script, and to some inspired casting in most of the other roles, that Shaw's drama regains its footing and some powerful political ideas get expounded upon. Then the plot and the tone of the show basically stop in their tracks. The audience has a big, prolonged laugh at the absurdity of it all. Dramatically, it has the same effect as if you dressed Mangan up as a clown or in a dog costume. (John Woike/Hartford Courant )Ĭartoonishly broad. Andrew Long as Boss Mangan and his presumed fiance Ellie Dunn, played by Dani De Waal, in "Heartbreak House" at Hartford Stage.
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